o Hepatitis C is a contagious liver disease that ranges in severity from a mild illness lasting a few weeks to a serious, lifelong illness that damages the liver, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
o Hepatitis C is spread primarily through contact with the blood of an infected person.
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